Matcht vs. Match — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Matcht and Match
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Matcht
(obsolete) match
Match
A match is a tool for starting a fire. Typically, matches are made of small wooden sticks or stiff paper.
Match
One that is exactly like another or a counterpart to another
Is there a match for this glove in the drawer?.
Match
One that is like another in one or more specified qualities
He is John's match for bravery.
Match
One that is able to compete equally with another
The boxer had met his match.
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Match
One that closely resembles or harmonizes with another
The napkins were a nice match for the tablecloth.
Match
A pair, each one of which resembles or harmonizes with the other
The colors were a close match.
Match
A game or contest in which two or more persons, animals, or teams oppose and compete with each other
A soccer match.
Match
A tennis contest won by the player or side that wins a specified number of sets, usually two out of three or three out of five.
Match
A marriage or an arrangement of marriage
A royal match.
Match
A person viewed as a prospective marriage partner.
Match
A narrow piece of material, usually wood or cardboard, coated on one end with a compound that ignites when scratched against a rough or chemically treated surface.
Match
An easily ignited cord or wick, formerly used to detonate powder charges or to fire cannons and muzzle-loading firearms.
Match
To be like (another) or be a counterpart to
Does this sock match that one?.
Match
To resemble or harmonize with
The coat matches the dress.
Match
To adapt or suit so that a balanced or harmonious result is achieved; cause to correspond
You should match your deeds to your beliefs.
Match
To find or produce a counterpart to
It's difficult to match the color of old paint.
Match
To pair (someone) with another in a romantic relationship or marriage
She was hoping to match her cousin with her neighbor.
Match
To place in opposition or competition; pit
She matched her skill against all comers.
Match
To provide with an adversary or competitor
The tournament matches the best offensive team with the best defensive team.
Match
To do as well as or better than in competition; equal
She easily matches me in bicycle racing.
Match
To set in comparison; compare
Beauty that could never be matched.
Match
To provide funds so as to equal or complement
The government will match all private donations to the museum.
Match
To flip or toss (coins) and compare the sides that land face up.
Match
To couple (electric circuits) by means of a transformer.
Match
To be exactly like another; correspond exactly
Do the two socks match?.
Match
To harmonize with another
My shirt and my tie match.
Match
(sports) A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match.
My local team are playing in a match against their arch-rivals today.
Match
Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority.
Match
Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison.
He knew he had met his match.
Match
A marriage.
Match
A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.
Match
Suitability.
Match
Equivalence; a state of correspondence.
Match
Equality of conditions in contest or competition.
Match
A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.
The carpet and curtains are a match.
A match made in heaven
Match
An agreement or compact.
Match
(metalworking) A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly embedded when a mould is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mould.
Match
A device made of wood or paper, at the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being dragged (struck) against a rough dry surface.
He struck a match and lit his cigarette.
Match
(intransitive) To agree; to be equal; to correspond.
Their interests didn't match, so it took a long time to agree what to do together.
These two copies are supposed to be identical, but they don't match.
Match
(transitive) To agree with; to be equal to; to correspond to.
His interests didn't match her interests.
Match
(transitive) To make a successful match or pairing.
They found out about his color-blindness when he couldn't match socks properly.
Match
(transitive) To equal or exceed in achievement.
She matched him at every turn: anything he could do, she could do as well or better.
Match
(obsolete) To unite in marriage, to mate.
Match
To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and groove at the edges.
To match boards
Match
(programming) To be an example of a rule or regex.
The behavior matched one or more rules and was rejected by an edit filter.
Match
Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp., a small strip or splint of wood or cardboard dipped at one end in a substance which can be easily ignited by friction, as a preparation of phosphorus or chlorate of potassium.
Match
A person or thing equal or similar to another; one able to mate or cope with another; an equal; a mate.
Government . . . makes an innocent man, though of the lowest rank, a match for the mightiest of his fellow subjects.
Match
A bringing together of two parties suited to one another, as for a union, a trial of skill or force, a contest, or the like
A solemn match was made; he lost the prize.
Match
A matrimonial union; a marriage.
Match
An agreement, compact, etc.
Love doth seldom suffer itself to be confined by other matches than those of its own making.
Match
A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.
Match
Equality of conditions in contest or competition, or one who provides equal competition to another in a contest; as, he had no match as a swordsman within the city.
It were no match, your nail against his horn.
Match
Suitable combination or bringing together; that which corresponds or harmonizes with something else; as, the carpet and curtains are a match.
Match
A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly imbedded when a mold is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mold.
Match
To be a mate or match for; to be able to complete with; to rival successfully; to equal.
No settled senses of the world can matchThe pleasure of that madness.
Match
To furnish with its match; to bring a match, or equal, against; to show an equal competitor to; to set something in competition with, or in opposition to, as equal.
No history or antiquity can matchis policies and his conduct.
Match
To oppose as equal; to contend successfully against.
Eternal mightTo match with their inventions they presumedSo easy, and of his thunder made a scorn.
Match
To make or procure the equal of, or that which is exactly similar to, or corresponds with; as, to match a vase or a horse; to match cloth.
Match
To make equal, proportionate, or suitable; to adapt, fit, or suit (one thing to another).
Let poets match their subject to their strength.
Match
To marry; to give in marriage.
A senator of Rome survived,Would not have matched his daughter with a king.
Match
To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and a groove, at the edges; as, to match boards.
Match
To be united in marriage; to mate.
I hold it a sin to match in my kindred.
Let tigers match with hinds, and wolves with sheep.
Match
To be of equal, or similar, size, figure, color, or quality; to tally; to suit; to correspond; as, these vases match.
Match
Lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction;
He always carries matches to light his pipe
Match
A formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete
Match
A burning piece of wood or cardboard;
If you drop a match in there the whole place will explode
Match
An exact duplicate;
When a match is found an entry is made in the notebook
Match
The score needed to win a match
Match
A person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect
Match
A person who is of equal standing with another in a group
Match
A pair of people who live together;
A married couple from Chicago
Match
Something that resembles or harmonizes with;
That tie makes a good match with your jacket
Match
Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics;
The two stories don't agree in many details
The handwriting checks with the signature on the check
The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun
Match
Provide funds complementary to;
The company matched the employees' contributions
Match
Bring two objects, ideas, or people together;
This fact is coupled to the other one
Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?
The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project
Match
Be equal to in quality or ability;
Nothing can rival cotton for durability
Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues
Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents
Match
Make correspond or harmonize;
Match my sweater
Match
Satisfy or fulfill;
Meet a need
This job doesn't match my dreams
Match
Give or join in marriage
Match
Set into opposition or rivalry;
Let them match their best athletes against ours
Pit a chess player against the Russian champion
He plays his two children off against each other
Match
Be equal or harmonize;
The two pieces match
Match
Make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching;
Let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office
The company matched the discount policy of its competitors
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